This Act offers protection to United Kingdom consumers entering into timeshare agreements for accommodation situated in the United Kingdom or in another country in the European Economic Area (EEA). Such consumers are entitled to certain information on the accommodation, if they request it, and advertisements should mention that such information is available. A consumer entering into a timeshare agreement has the right to a brochure and a written contract setting out basic information in their own language.

There is a cooling-off period of at least 10 days after entering into the timeshare agreement during which the consumer can cancel the agreement. The timeshare operator must give the consumer notice of this right to cancel; failure to do so is a criminal offence.

Timeshare sellers cannot seek or take deposits during the cooling-off period.

Domain Name Facts - know the facts, avoid being scammed
International & UK domains are registered instantly - no other company is informed of the registration and no-one can intervene
International (.com .net .org) domains can be registered for 1 - 10 years, whereas UK (.co.uk .org.uk .ltd.uk .plc.uk .me.uk) domains are registered and renewed at 2 year intervals - it is not possible to register a UK domain for anything more or less than 2 years
Domain names can be registered cheaply, quickly and easily online, you do not necessarily need an agent to register for you
Companies that sell domain names by telesales are almost always scammers
A registration company is not obliged to check trademarks and company names before agreeing to register any domain - this is the registrant's responsibility
Owning a trademark or company name does not automatically entitle you to the matching domain names
It is not possible to "earmark" or reserve a domain name
DON'T send money to companies you've never heard of

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